Adjunct Staff
Darren Cunningham - Adjunct Professor
Co-founder and Chief Executive, Inflection Biosciences Ltd, a company developing small molecule therapeutics for the treatment of cancer. He is also a Non-Executive Director at Kora Healthcare. Prior to co-founding Inflection Biosciences Ltd, Darren spent 8 years at years at NASDAQ listed Amarin Corporation plc in a range of senior positions with responsibility covering corporate development and investor relations. Prior to Amarin, Darren was an Associate Director of Strategic Planning at publicly quoted drug company Elan Corporation plc. Darren holds a Bachelor of Commerce Degree from the National University of Ireland Galway, and a Masters in Accountancy from the Michael Smurfit Business School, University College Dublin. He trained at PricewaterhouseCoopers and is a Fellow of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in Ireland.
Michael Jordan - Adjunct Professor
Dr Michael Jordan is Director of Regulatory CMC at Prothena Biosciences. This is a global strategy role with accountability for the generation and submission of Drug Substance and Drug Product Chemistry, Manufacturing and Control (CMC) filings for development products at different clinical phases. The role works closely with new product and new facility start-up for the commercialization of bio pharmaceuticals leading to lifec-ycle management and post approval change management.
Dr Jordan has extensive knowledge in the pharmaceutical and bio pharmaceutical sectors from early stage development, to technology transfer and scale up, into life-cycle management and optimization to regulatory CMC submission, defense and approvals.
Bartholomew (Bat) Masterson - Adjunct Professor
Dr Bat Masterson was formerly a Senior Lecturer in Biochemistry at UCD. He is a member of the International Water Association and has had a long-standing involvement in research on the microbial pollution of recreational waters, including the SMART, iCREW and Smart Coasts = Sustainable Communities INTEREG funded projects and projects funded by the Irish EPA STRIVE programme. He is currently active in two further Interreg funded projects, Acclimatize and SWIM.
Ena Prosser - Adjunct Professor
Dr Ena Prosser is a Partner in Fountain Healthcare Partners. An immunologist by training, Ena has a broad background in international alliance and intellectual property management. She has led rigorous due diligence projects on technologies and products within the Specialty Pharma, diagnostic, device and biotechnology areas. Prior to helping establish Fountain, Ena led Enterprise Ireland’s life science group where she assisted a number of Irish starts ups.
Emeritus Staff
William (Liam) Fogarty
- Emeritus Professor of Industrial Microbiology
Paul Engel MRIA
- Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry
- email: paul.engel@ucd.ie
Alan Keenan
- Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology
- email: alan.keenan@ucd.ie
Finian Martin
- Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology
- email: finian.martin@ucd.ie
Stephen Mayhew MRIA
- Emeritus Professor of Biochemistry
- email: stephen.mayhew@ucd.ie
Michael Ryan
- Emeritus Professor of Pharmacology
Visiting Staff
Therese Montgomery
- Visiting Lecturer (Athlone Institute of Technology)
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